Operation Photo Rescue Uses PhotoShelter In Their Quest To Preserve Images Nearly Lost In Hurricane Katrina.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- BitShelter LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control today announced that Operation Photo Rescue (OPR OPR Operator OPR Office of Primary Responsibility OPR Operations OPR Operate OPR Office of Population Research (Princeton University) OPR Office of Professional Responsibility OPR Office of Planning and Research ) is using PhotoShelter to coordinate the restoration and return of thousands of photos that were damaged in Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and other natural disasters. Operation Photo Rescue, a not-for-profit organization, currently has 725 volunteer image retouchers who use their skills to restore storm-damaged images. PhotoShelter (http://www.PhotoShelter.com) is the industry standard for online image archiving and distribution for professional photographers. "Operation Photo Rescue's mission is in line with our own," said Grover Sanschagrin, PhotoShelter's Vice President of Marketing and Sales. "PhotoShelter's locally and geographically redundant archiving platform is designed to protect digital image archives from the damaging effects of natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina. We're honored to be able to support their efforts in such a positive way." Believing in OPR's mission, PhotoShelter has donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. a free Multi-User (MU) account, which allows their multiple photographers, restoration volunteers and editors to easily interact with a single online archive. The PhotoShelter MU product is designed to make large-scale worldwide image distribution and collaboration efforts easy to manage for photo agencies, collectives, and corporations with image assets. "We are constantly dealing with the flow of incoming and outgoing images as we seek to restore the memories that would have been lost to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina," said David Ellis, co-founder of Operation Photo Rescue. The restoration process begins with volunteers in the field using professional-grade digital cameras to digitize To convert an image or signal into digital code by scanning, tracing on a graphics tablet or using an analog to digital conversion device. 3D objects can be digitized by a device with a mechanical arm that is moved onto all the corners. the damaged photographs. The digital copies are then uploaded to OPR's PhotoShelter archive where they can be accessed by volunteers. Once the images are restored, the volunteers upload See download. upload - /uhp'lohd/ To transfer programs or data over a digital communications link from a smaller or peripheral "client" system to a larger or central "host" one. Opposite: download. them to the OPR archive, ready for printing and delivery to the original owner - free of charge. "With PhotoShelter's generous donation, OPR now has a great distribution platform that quickly gets the storm-damaged photos into the hands of our restoration artists. The restoration volunteers have the ability to view, select and download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. an image that best suits their individual skills, and also provides a great tracking tool for OPR management to oversee the progress of each image throughout the entire restoration process," Ellis said. The OPR archive on PhotoShelter contains approximately 1100 images in need of retouching, and volunteers continue to register daily through the organization's website, http://www.OperationPhotoRescue.com. About PhotoShelter PhotoShelter puts industrial-strength tools in the hands of professional photographers and photo agencies around the globe. More than just a bulletproof Refers to extremely stable hardware and/or software that cannot be brought down no matter what unusual conditions arise. See industrial strength. bulletproof - Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robust; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly archiving system, PhotoShelter's unrivaled technology allows photographers to market, license, and distribute their images with built-in e-commerce and an innovative customization system capable of integrating seamlessly into nearly any website. PhotoShelter is the most feature-rich online image archiving system in the world. |
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